Why Israel’s Netanyahu Has No Standing to Accuse U.N. Chief of Inciting Terrorism (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out this week in an address to the U.N. Security Council against Israel’s policy of stealing Palestinian land in the West Bank and building ever more squatter homes in occupied Palestine. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.N. Finds Israel Responsible for 2014 Attacks on Gaza Shelters

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 30, 2015 The United Nations has officially condemned Israel for shelling its emergency shelters in Gaza during the summer of 2014. The attacks left hundreds injured and at least 44 dead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Approves Palestine’s Bid to Join International Criminal Court

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 7, 2015 The United Nations has given Palestine the go-ahead to become the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court, effective April 1 of this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel to Take Over Land in West Bank in Its Biggest Seizure in 30 Years

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 3, 2014 Days after a cease-fire in Gaza was agreed to by Hamas and Israel, the latter announced it was taking over 1.5 square miles of West Bank territory south of Bethlehem as "a response to the kidnapping and killing of three Jewish teenagers in the area" this summer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel and Hamas 72-Hour Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza Collapses (Updated)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 At 8:00 a.m. Friday (local time), a three-day cease-fire was scheduled to begin in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement about the temporary truce Thursday. Shortly after the truce began Friday, however, Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces accused each other of violating the agreement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Chief Warns Iraq Crisis Could Spill Across Borders

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2014 The Islamist militant onslaught in Iraq raises the specter of a sectarian conflict spilling across the embattled nation's borders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ukrainian Uprising Takes Violent Turn as Police Attack Protest Camp

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2014 The volatile situation in Ukraine once again erupted into violence Tuesday, after police forces loyal to the country's embattled President Viktor Yanukovych surrounded and stormed an opposition encampment in Kiev's Independence Square. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Peace Talks Get Tense in Opening Session

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2014 Given that the international coalition, spearheaded by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, that convened in Switzerland on Wednesday for an emergency diplomatic intervention on the crisis in Syria carried a strong message underscoring the need for regime change, it's not surprising that things got a little heated in the opening session. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Zeroes In on Aid to Syria: Half the Country in Dire Need

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have died in Syria since the country began imploding in 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

United Nations Forces a Showdown—With Its Own Workers

BLANK Sep 24, 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is trying to make an end run around the U.N.’s system for negotiating collective-bargaining agreements with its workers. Maybe he needs to call in his organization's International Labor Organization to monitor its own actions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Rebuke to the American-Israeli Economic War on Iran

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 10, 2012 President Barack Obama said, “The Iranian government must face a world that stays united against its nuclear ambitions." The refusal of 120 countries to boycott Iran undermines the point. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ayatollah Reaffirms Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Intentions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2012 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told heads of state from nonaligned countries that Tehran “has no interest in nuclear weapons but will keep pursuing peaceful nuclear energy.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )